Black Castle, underground testing ground.
When Angel opened his eyes, the testing ground's pure white floor came into view. Under the light shining down from above, it was slightly dazzling.
Angel stretched out his five fingers and clenched them.
The solid sensation of making a fist confirmed that his consciousness had returned from that ethereal Cage to his real body.
Angel turned around and happened to see the "gate" gradually dissipating.
As his consciousness returned, the "gate" connecting the two sides also faded away.
Angel examined the Door Model in his spell slot and found that the special energy that had originally covered the Door Model had contracted into a single point.
Just as he had previously guessed, if he wanted to enter that strange passage again, he would have to wait until the special energy had fully spread once more.
Angel observed it for around half an hour and found that the special energy was spreading extremely slowly. If it maintained its current speed, it would take nearly half a year to spread completely. If anything went wrong along the way, it might take even longer.
After confirming that the gate could not be restarted anytime soon, Angel let out a soft sigh.
Since it would take at least half a year before the gate could be opened a second time, even if he wanted to help Alex, he was powerless to do so now.
Half a year was very short for a wizard, but it was still enough to change many things.
Alex's situation had already reached the point of open confrontation, where every moment counted. Forget waiting half a year—he reckoned that in half a month, or even half a day, the dust would have settled.
Since he could no longer go over there, how that grand